Examples of using Polycarp in English and their translations into German
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We know that Polycarp also used this.
Polycarp said calmly,"Leave me as I am.
Accept the book and did not testify that he had heard Polycarp.
Polycarp was born in 69 A.D. and died in 155.
The writings of Ignatius, Polycarp, and Irenaeus are bathed in prayer.
We are also confident in our refutation of the claim that Polycarp.
Then Polycarp lifted his voice in prayer, praising God that he was"deemed worthy to die.
To these things all the Asiatic Churches testify,as do also those men who have succeeded Polycarp down to the present time Irenaeus.
St. Polycarp is shown as bishop with miter, crosier, cross around his neck and with a fire at his feet.
Other church leaders and writers of Christian doctrine at this time were Clement of Rome(93-97 A.D.);4 Ignatius of Antioch(110-117); Polycarp of Smyrna(110-117); Hermes of Rome 115-140.
In addition, Polycarp made it clear that those he wrote to had the correct Bible otherwise he would not have written.
From the historical record, we learn that around the year 156 the Christians in Smyrnagathered up the charred bones of their martyred Bishop, Polycarp, who had been a disciple of the Apostle John.
Polycarp was born in 69 and was apparently converted by John the Apostle and then became bishop of Smyrna Turkey.
In about 185, Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, whose teacher Saint Polycarp of Smyrna(d. ca. 156) also knew John, spoke of the Eucharist in defending the bodily resurrection against gnosticism.
According to information gathered by Agenzia Fides, the solemn liturgy will begin at 10 am, and will be presided by the Archbishop of Nairobi, Cardinal John Njue, while the rite of beatification will bechaired by the Archbishop of Dar es Salaam(Tanzania), Cardinal Polycarp Pengo.
Though separated by many centuries, Polycarp and Jane Bouchier made strong statements of faith when they were burned at the stake.
Among these are Philip, one of the twelve apostles,… and, moreover, John, who was both a witness and a teacher,who reclined upon the bosom of the Lord… And Polycarp… and Thraseas… and martyr Sagaris… the blessed Papirius… Melito….
Irenaeus, whose teacher Polycarp of Smyrna was also a disciple of the Evangelist, wrote in the latter half of the second century,“The Virgin Mary,….
The official Roman Church has condemned as heretical the view that Passover should be kept on the 14theven though it admits that Polycarp and the majority in Asia Minor(including Ephesus) kept it the way that they had learned from the Apostles John and Philip.
Church of God: Polycarp(ca. 69-155AD) had been a personal disciple of the Apostle John and was one of the few church leaders of his day to hold fast to the Truth….
Notice that although the Roman Catholics claim the church always accepted Roman papal authority,from John to Polycarp to Polycrates to present, the COG has never accepted the authority of the Bishop of Rome(called pope since the late 4th Century) to establish doctrine.
But Polycarp also was not only instructed by apostles, and conversed with many who had seen Christ, but was also, by apostles in Asia, appointed bishop of the Church in Smyrna….
In the early second century, Papias,who was a hearer of John and a friend of Polycarp(and is considered to have been a saint by Roman Catholics), in the second century, also taught about the millennial reign.
I bless you for because you have considered me worthy of this day and hour, that I might receive a place among the number of martyrs in the cup of your Christ, to the resurrection to eternal life, both of soul and of body,in the incorruptibility of the Holy Spirit The Martyrdom of Polycarp, 14:2.
Because like those in the COG, Polycarp kept the Passover on the 14th of Nisan and refused to accept the position of the then Bishop of Rome to change it to a Sunday to honor the resurrection.
It seems apparent that those who decided that Rome should be looked at as the place of leadership, separated from those who placed more confidence in the teachings from the Bible thathad been passed down from Christ to the apostles, through Polycarp and Melito, and those that remained faithful to those teachings please see the article Location of the Early Church: Another Look at Ephesus, Smyrna, and Rome.
Although both the Roman Catholics and COG acknowledge Polycarp was a successor to the apostles, only the Church of God continues Polycarp's practices such as observing the Passover on the biblical date, instead of Easter.
To these things all the Asiatic Churches testify,as do also those men who have succeeded Polycarp down to the present time-- a man who was of much greater weight, and a more stedfast witness of truth, than Valentinus, and Marcion, and the rest of the heretics.
For neither could Anicetus persuade Polycarp to forego the observance[in his own way], inasmuch as these things had been always observed by John the disciple of our Lord, and by other apostles with whom he had been conversant;
To demonstrate that the New Testament can betraced from John(very late first century), to Polycarp(early to mid second century) to Melito(mid to late second century) to Polycrates(very late second century), please see the article The New Testament Canon- From the Bible and History.